Carton for commodities and premium display



June 23, 1953 c. c. FREEMAN 2,642,938 CARTON FOR COMMODITIES AND PREMIUM DISPLAY Filed Aug. 51, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 e I M 4 a g q g i H; 2 Q. i Q i i:

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CARTON FOR COMMODITIES AND PREMIUM DISPLAY Filed Aug. 51 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 23, 1953 CARTON FOR COMMODITIES AND PREMIUM DISPLAY Claude Cummins Freeman, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware 1 Application August 31, 1950, Serial N 0. 182,564

The present invention relates to a di pl y carton, and refers particularly to a carton for holding an article in partially exposed position, spaced in alignment with a display opening in a larger carton which is adapted to retain food or other commodity. 1 a

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a carton of the type referred to which can be formed of a single blank of material suitably creased and out so that the carton may be readily assembled. Another object f the invention is to provide a carton having in-.

tegral means for securely holdin an article positioned in a cut out in one'wall of the carton and for spacing the holding carton in a prede- Fig. 2 isa perspective view of one embodiment of the display carton constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig- 3 is a side elevation of one of the articles for which the display carton is particularly designed; r

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view, taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional View showing the interior arrangement of a display carton packed in a larger carton, with one of the displayed articles mounted in the cut out in the wall of the display carton;

Fig. '7 is a detail perspective view of the display carton in folded position;

Fig. 8 is a view, similar to Fig. 7, showing the top and bottom flaps of the display carton in open position;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the'blank from which the'display carton is formed;

Fig. 10 is a detailv perspective view of another embodiment of the display carton in which a cut out for holding an article in display position is provided in only one wall;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing two dis- 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-45.14)

. 2 play cartons, similar to thecarton shown in Fig. 10, in the back-to-back position inwhich they are packedin the larger carton; and

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the blank from which the display carton of Fig. 10 is assembled.

The present invention is particularly concerned with holding an object, or a pair of objects, in display position in the wall of a carton. The carton is positioned in a larger carton in predetermined position in alignment with an opening in the wall of the larger carton so that the object exposed in the display carton is protested by the larger carton, but is viewable through the sight opening in the larger carton. The larger carton is dimensioned to hold the display carton, or a pair of display cartons back-toback, and a predetermined number of cans or packages of food, beverage, or other commodity. The articles in the illustrated embodiment of the inventioncomprises a pair of salt and pepper shakers, but it is obvious that the display carton may be designed to fit any article suitable for a premium or gift with the purchase of the food, beverage, or other commodity packaged in the larger carton. When the larger carton containing the commodity to be sold and the gift articles is sealed, the gift articles may be viewed without breaking the seal, but the gift articles may not be removed without destruction of the display carton.

Referring to the drawings, the package as herein disclosed comprises a relatively large carton 2, a display carton 3 and a plurality of cans l of food or beverage.-If desired, the cans 4 may be replaced by any similar containers, the only essential requirement being that a predetermined number of the containers will fit the space in the larger carton after the display carton has been positioned in the larger carton with the partially exposed articles 5 aligned with sight openingsii. The carton 2 is conventional except for the sight openings 6. Preferably the sight opening ii is slightly smaller than the articles 5, but it must be large enough to afford a good view of the displayed article.

The display carton 3, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9 of the drawings, comprises front and rear panels land 8, sidewall panels 9 and ID, a center partition ll connected to panel In by an intermediate panel l2, and aglue flap l3. The panels l, 8, 9 and it are folded along suitable crease lines to form a rectangular body portion, and the intermediate panel I2 is adhered to the inner surface of panel ID. The glue flap I3 is adhered to the inner surface of panel 9,

thereby securing partition II in position so as to divide the rectangular body portion into two vertical compartments. Front and rear pa I and 8 are each provided with an end flap H or l5 at the upper and lower edges of the panel. Each flap I4 and I5 is long enough to extend past the center partition l2.

A top closure. flap I6 is folded inwardly from the top edge of side wall panel 9, and a similar bottom closure flap I1 is folded inwardly from the bottom edge of panel 9. It will be obvious that either flap 16 or H, or both of them, couldbe folded from panel l instead of panel 9, as shown. The top and bottom. closure flaps are duplicates of each other, so. that. only one need be described. Each closure flap has a tuck in portion I8 adapted to be folded inside. one end of the carton. The portions l8'eacl'i have a short slit l9 to permit it to straddle one edge. of the center partition [2 so that the closure flaps may fit against end flaps. I4 and If to form a rela ti-vely rigid carton. Each closure fiaphas; end portions 20 and 2| extending beyond the, panels I, and 8 r espectively, to space-the carton 3 from the front and rear walls 22 and 23v of the car-- ton}; when packed therein.

. The front and rear wall panels of carton 3 are substantially duplicates of each other in structure,and only onewill be described. A large cut out provides space to receive a portion of the body of a salt shaker The lower portion of the cut out 24 is shaped to form a locking tab 2 5.adapted to be folded inwardly at right anglesal on g the fold line 26 to form a bottom support for the article 5. Anaperture 21 in the locking tab 25 fits around the circumference of a plug 28 which formsa closure for the filling opening of the salt shaker 5 and projects slightly below the bottorn thereof. Theaperture 2.1; is positioned sothat when the plug 28 is seated therein the bodyportionofarticle 5 is partially within one of the vertical compartments of the display cartomwith the front portion of the article positioned infront of panel 1. Thesides of cut out 24 are shaped to-fit snugly against the lowersideportions of; the article 5. Theupperportion of paneh l is cut out alongthe line 28 to form a tebfifln hiph e-., ld sarwa l l thew-iron lines 29a and 23b to} form a. supporting collar for the rear upper portion of the article. 5. The

line23 is designed to follow the contour of the pper-. nt nq filie a cle o ubs an al th entire vertical perimeter-of the article fits snugly against the edgesof anel 1 adjacent the cut-out, 2.4,: thebottom supportingtab 25, and thecut- The locking tab 25 and the supporting line 29.

collar 30,.cooperate to hold thearticle 5-firm1y;

against accidental displacement.

The ernbodiment of the displaycarton shown in-Figs. 10, 11 and 12 is half the site of the carton 3 so thatltwoof the cartons 3| positioned backto-back inside the larger carton-2 mayreplace. the two-compartment carton previouslydescribed} IrrFig. l the carton 2 is dimensioned to receive four- -cans,4 and-thecarton 3. Each carton 3| occupies-the same space one canl, so that the carton {may be packed with either four cans and two cartons 3.l;in-backto-back relationship, or with five cans and onecarton.

The carton 2 is provided with a single opening 3, or oppositely disposed openings 6, depending on whether it is to contain one or two of the displayed articles.

The carton 3| comprises a front panel 32, a rear panel 33, side wall panels 34 and 35, and a glue flap 36. The front and rear panels each have an end flap 31 and 33 folded inwardly at the. upper and lower edges of the panel. A top closure flap 33 is folded inwardly from the top edge of side wall panel 35, and a similar bottom closureflap 4.0 is folded inwardly from the bottom edge of the same panel, although the closure flaps may be hinged to opposite side wall panels, if desired. Each flap 39 and 40 is provided with a tuck-in flap; M to fit inside the carton adjacent 42, pro ecting beyond the front panel 32 the same distance as either end portions 20 or 2| of the closure flap in the carton previously described, to space the carton: 3| from. either front wall 22 onrear. wall 23 of carton 2 when packed therein.

The front panel 32 is a duplicate of front panel I of the two-compartment-carton 3, and the same reference numerals are applied to the various features thereof so that they do not require any additional description;

While the present description sets forth two preferred embodiments of the invention, certain changes may be madein the construction without departing from the, spirit of the invention, and itis therefore desired that the present embodiments be considered in all respects-as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claim rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

A. two-compartment display cartonv formed from a single sheet of paperboard or the like, said carton comprising front and rear walls, two side walls, a centrally disposed vertical partition securedto theside walls, a top closure flap, and a bottom. closureflap, the front and rear'walls. each having aplurality. of;cut' outs to support an: article :partiallyexposedbeyond the wall in which it :is supported, said.cut;o,uts includinga locking, tab and a supporting collar, the collar' engaging; the rea-r edge of thedisplayed articlev and cooperatingwith the locking:ta'b.to hold. the article. against accidental displacement, theupper'edge ofeach of-the supporting'collars-being defined by a out; line shaped toponformto: the contour of. the upper portion of the article to be displayed;

CLAUDE CUMMINSFREEMAN.

References Cited in the fileof this patent.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,465,121 Ringler. i .Mar. 22; 1949 

